County profile
Pierce County, GA
United States · GDP 2024
#2200 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$659.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,712
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
371
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,764
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$60.5k±$3.5k
Bachelor's degree+
20.2%±3.0%
Poverty rate
13.8%±2.9%
Business applications
235 · 2025
Retail establishments
68
33.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Retail trade21%
Wholesale trade19%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction15%
Health care13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,764
residents · 2025 · +5.1% since 2020
Income per capita $44.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,287
International migration−8
Natural change−264
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$435.4M2019
$477.1M2020
$549.0M2021
$609.6M2022
$651.1M2023
$659.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$153.3k±$10.9k
Median gross rent
$799/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
11.0%±3.4%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$17.2M
68 units · 3.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
22.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 85Wildfire 69Drought 50
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1632016
1652017
1762018
1782019
1852020
2052021
2502022
2772023
3212024
3102025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -24% since 2021892021
582022
1102023
882024
682025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
63.7 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
CSXT
Nearest port
64.8 km
GEORGIA POWER CO MCMANUS ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT OIL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
71.7 km
BRUNSWICK GOLDEN ISLES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.3k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pierce?
Pierce's economy produced $659.2M in 2024, growing 1.2% year over year — slower than 75% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.